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Chasing the Dragon 2: Wild Wild Bunch 追龍II: 賊王 (2019) - Hong Kong / China Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)   Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. There is a lot of issues with “Chasing the Dragon 2” namely having nothing to do with the original or its original stars (Donnie Yen or Andy Lau). It’s simply a film about crime boss Cheung Tze-keung who famously kidnapped and ransomed Hong Kong tycoons Li Ka Shing, Walter Kwok and the the alleged kidnapping of Macau magnate Stanley...

Murder Mystery (2019) - USA Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)   Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. Adam Sandler have been an overall Netflix venture disappointment and with an underwhelming expectation of the latest Netflix original - “Murder Mystery”, it’s a refreshing surprise. Matching up with Jennifer Aniston, the duo plays off each other in the best of old fashioned Hollywood comedy style. It works because both Sandler and Aniston have excellent chemistry and they are never overly indulgent on their respective self. Directed by...

Jo Pil-Ho: The Dawning Rage (2019) - South Korea   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)   Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. One of my biggest concern with Lee Jeong-beom’s “Jo Pil-Ho: The Dawning Rage” is the allusion to a much greater tragedy namely the Sewol disaster that took the lives of 250 students from Danwon High School. The fact that Lee never focused on this tragedy, but instead made it a cameo backdrop to introduce a dead friend, speaks volume about the film and...

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) - USA   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)   Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. There is a lot of problems with the latest “Godzilla” follow up and the monsters are the least of our worries. Director Michael Dougherty fails to instil the fanatic pacing of its predecessor and in turn registering an interesting attempt to continue the series as with those gap years before the slightly awaited “Kong Vs Godzilla” showdown. The result in a half baked film...

Always Be My Maybe (2019) - USA   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)   Help us continue to cover more Asian and Martial Art films by making a donation to Neo Film Blog below. It’s a delightful surprise feeling when you get to unwrap a present that connects and resonant with you deeply like the latest Asian American starring romantic comedy - “Always Be My Maybe”. We get real and genuine characters influenced by Asian culture upbringing with 1st generation Asian American parents. Co-writers, co-producers and co-starring partner in crime, Randall Park and Ali Wong simply hits all the...